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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXXI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 15, 1954
KTUMBER 3
Nation Wide Colleges
Mord Scholarships
To Senior's Students
Kay Wrenn Elected Quec
Each year Senior receives many
scholarships from colleges all over
the United States, offered to any
student at GHS who wants or feels
he needs help.
Applicants are chosen by their
character, ability, leadership, and
needs. t
Each year Wake Forest offers ;
15 scholarships to students over •
the state. They offer ten at $760
each and five at $380.
State College in Raleigh has an
assortment of scholarships. One
outstanding one is being offered
to someone interested in Ceramic
Engineering valued at $500.
Yale University picks one person
from the Southeast each year and
offers him a- scholarship valued
at $2,200. This person is chosen
bv iiis entrance exanis, ability, and
character, and must have lived
in this district for a certain num
ber of years to be eligible to apply.
For those people in the upper
fourth of their class, Duke Univer
sity offers nine scholarships. These
go to six men and three women.
They are renewable after each year
if their work has been satisfactory.
Eight people, four boys and four
girls, receive help according to
their need and fitness each year
from Elon. These are valued at
$4,400.
Four scholarships are being
given by Preyer-Cowan trust to
students interested in music and
those with honor grades. These
are given to those students plan
ning to attend Greensboro College.
Davidson gives up to $1250 each
year. Their scholarships are based
on leadership and ability as well
as financial needs.
For girls interested in attending
Salem, ten grants are available
this year. Three of these are for
$1000 each. The other seven are
for $200. These girls are picked
from the upper part of the class.
Agnes Scott College, located in
Decatur, Georgia, offers a scholar
ship valued at $1,200. Six hundred
dollars is given the first year and
$200 the next three years. These
are chosen for needs, records, and
ability.
Applicants applying for a schol
arship to Vassar must have a good
record and good recommendations.
This grant ranges from $200 to
$2,000 according to the student’s
need and ability.
Information about olleges not
listed can be obtained from Miss
Lucille Brown in the Guidance!
Center in room 64
Kay Wrenn was chosen Wednesday by the football squad to reign
as the 1954 Homecoming Queen at the Homecoming Celebration
during the halftime of the Greensboro-Salisbury game, Friday, Octo
ber 29, in the Senior High Stadium.
Jimmy Jordan, president of the
Literary Oraanizatiosi
Picks New Members
70 Colleges, Universities
Attend GHS College Day
Approximately 70 colleges are
planning to attend Senior High
School October 20, for College Day.
Students should be ready to ask
the following questions to the
representative of the college of
his choice.
What are the entrance credits?
What are the expenses? What is
offered in the way of social life?
What extra-curricular activities are
offered? What type of scholarships
are offered? Are .there special
types of schools such as art and
music? What thne should you send
in your application?
Recently an assembly program
was held on College Day. Dr. H.
H. Hutson spoke on curriculum,
educational opportunities, and new
fields of college life.
Chancellor E. K. Graham of
Woman’s College spoke on the
extra-curricular activities and the
social life of college.
Dr. Clyde Milner from Guilford
College spoke on the spiritual and
1 cultural part of college. He also
i spoke on character and personal-
: ity.
j The colleges from North Caro-
j lina planning to attend are Appa-
i lacian State Teachers College,
Brevard College, Campbell Col
lege, Catawba College, Davidson
College, Duke University, East
Carolina College, Elon College,
Flora MacDonald College, High
Point Cotlege, King’s Business Col
lege, Lees-McRae College, Lenoir
Rhyne College, Louisburg College,
Mars Hill College, Meredith Col
lege, Mitchell Junior College, Mon
treat College, North Carolina State
College, Oak Ridge Military Insti
tute, Pfeiffer Junior College, Pres
byterian Junior College, Queens
College, Saint Mary’s School and
Junior College, Salem Academy
and College, School of Nursing,
University of North Carolina. Wake
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New members of Quill and
Scroll, GHS literary society, were
picked last week from the merit
of their creative work.
The 13 juniors and seniors who
were chosen were Phyllis Brooks,
Sally Duram, Pat Frazier, Barbara
Lindley, Susan Graham, Eugenia
Hickerson, Donna Oliver, Diane
Schwartz, Martha Wilkins, Jerry
Macherly, Bill Sides, Betty Sink,
and Rachel Allen.
The addition of these students
brings the membership to 16, the
three members from last year
being Dave Cashwell, Holly Dei-
fell, and Martha Ann Burnet.
Everyone competing for mem
bership in the society was asked'
to submit an example of their
literary work which-was then given
to members of the English depart
ment at GHS. These teachers
rated the works on creative stan
dards. Most of the pieces were
shorts stories, but Jerry Matherly
wrote a three verse poem based on
a Bible scripture, Daniel 5:25.
Susan Graham took as her entry
several descriptions of common
sights around Greensboro. One
senior, Betty Sink, took an excerpt
from her autobiography and told
of her philosophy^ of life.
Last year Quill and Scroll re
vived HOMESPUN, Senior High
literary magazine, which had not
been published in several years.
This year’s organization hopes to
continue along that line with the
publishing of another edition of the
periodical.
GHS student body, will escort Kay
who for the past two years has
been on the Student Council. She
was also a member of the May
Court during her sophomore and
junior years.
The Student Council elected Sue
Simmons as Senior’s sponsor for
the game. She will have the boy
of her choice as her escort.
Alumni sponsors chosen are Bill
Greene and Chris Velonia, class
of 1953; and Kelly Maness and
Frances Strother class of 1954.
Bill served as his class president
during his sophomore and junior
years at GHS, and Student Coun
cil president his senior year. He
was a member of the Key Club,
band, orchestra, and was elected
as the most popular male student
of his class. He held various other
positions during his high school
career.
Having served on the Student
Council her three years of high
school, Chris also was a member
of the choir. Junior Red Cross, and
Mariners in her high school days.
She was presented the DAR Good
Citizenship award in 1953.
Serving as president of the Stu
dent Council in 1953-1954 was
Kelly Maness. He was a member
of the WHIRLIGIG staff, Key
Club, choir, Torchlight, Youth
Center Council, and the Hi-Y Club.
He was elected the most popular
boy in the ’54 class.
Frances also was a Student
Council representative for three
years, a member of the glee club,
Torchlight, Youth Center Council,
and Future Teachers Club. She
was voted the most popular girl
in her class.
The Salisbury student body will
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Senior Gives NROTC Examination
To Boys For Ninth Straight Year
For the ninth year, boys from
Senior High School are eligible to
take the NROTC examinations Co
be given at Senior High School on
Saturday morning, December 11, at
9 a.m.
Application blanks may be ob
tained from Mr. A. P. Routh’s of
fice and must be filled out and
turned in by November 20.
O’BRIEN
CAUSEY
SUTTON
JESSUP
Sophomores Pick O’Brien, Causey, Sutton, Jessup
Serving the largest class in the
history of GHS are Bill O’Brien,
Phil Causey, Liz Sutton, and Jack
Jessup who are the newly elected
president, vice-president, secretary,
and treasurer of the Sophomore
Class. Representing four different
junior high schools, the new offi
cers are from Lindley, Aycock,
Curry, and Central, respectively.
President Bill O’Brien, who is
the son of the W. L. O’Briens of
Madison Avenue, served as presi
dent, home room representative to
student council, and library assist
ant while at Lindley Junior High.
Bill is now chief of the Order of
the Arrow which is an organization
for honor scouts. Aspiring to a
career as an architect. Bill’s hobby
is model railroading, and his col
lege hopes are set on either N. C.
State or Georgia Tech.
When asked of his plans for
the Sophomore Class Bill replied,
“Our main objective at present
is to raise the necessary $200 for
the support of WHIRLIGIG, but
we also hope to go over our quota
so that our treasury will not be
left completely empty.” Bill fur
ther stated, “ hope I can serve the
class as well as possible in repay
ment for the trust they put in me
by electing me president. With
the wonderful help I will receive
from the other officers, I feel sure
that we can make this Sophomore
Class one to be remembered.”
^ Having, attended Woodbury For
est prep school in Orange, Virginia,
for half a year, Phil Causey enter
ed the ninth grade at Aycock the
second semester. Besides serving
his Sophomore Class as their new
vice-president, Phil is one of the
sophomore cheerleaders ” for the
Whirlies. Phil claims that he was
both surprised and happy when
informed of his election as vice-
president of the class. The son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Causey, Jr.,
Phil resides at 1011 Carolina Ave-
Hailing from Curry Junior High
where she was vice-president and
secretary of the glee club, is Liz
Sutton who came to Senior High
and promptly claimed the position
of secretary of the Sophomore
Class. Liz was also secretary o-
her home room in the seventh and
eighth grades, and is now vice-
president of her home room at
Senior. On Saturdays Liz can b
heard on' the Hi-Teen Variety Show
and the Record Review. Liz is also
in the glee club at Senior. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. V. Sutton of 303 South Men
denhall.
Having held positions of home
room president, council represent
ative, treasurer, fire captain and
squad member. Jack Jessup came
to Senior High and was elected
treasurer of the Sophomore Class.
He is now president of his train
ing union at the First Baptist
Church, and is also the recording
secretary of the Order of the
Arrow. Jack, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack 1. Jessup, Jr.,
is also a prospective architect who
plans to study at Georgia Tech.
Class representatives are Susan
Brooks, Butler Bennett, Maxine
Callisher, Straton Eldridge, Helen
White, Jane Lynch, Harriett Wells,
Bobby Baynes, and Nancy Lam
beth.
The information concerning the
Naval Reserve Officers Training
Corps program is available in a
NROTC Bulletin of Information of
which the office has a copy. Boys
must be citizens of the United
States, between 17 and 25 years
of age, unmarried, physically quali
fied according to Navy standards,
and have a high shool diploma by
spring of 1955.
Winners of the scholarship must
promise to remain unmarried until
the commission is obtained, to take
part in all required Naval Science
courses, drills, and cruises, to ac
cept a commission in the Navy or
the Marine Corps, to be on active
duty for three years, and to serve
a total of eight years in inactive
status.
Applicants’ physical standards
must be up to those set by the
Navy. The requirements are 20-20
vision, normal color perception,
normal heart, lungs, and hearing,
and sound teeth. Height must be
from 5’ 6” to 6’ 2” for those under
18 and 5’ 6” to 6’ 4” for those over.
Students who qualify after the
aptitude tests given on December
11 will be subject to a physical ex-
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Jim Turner High Life
Foreign Reporter
In this issue of HIGH LIFE
our readers have the unique
opportunity to read a syndi
cated column. ‘ The staff can
safely say that they are the
only journalistic organization
on the higli school level with a
correspondent in a foreign
land. South Carolina, that is.
Jim Turner’s TURN of
EVENTS which proved to be
such a popular edition to our
editorial page last year is be
ing continued by a bi-weeldy
communique from Great Falls,
South Carolina, where he now
lives.